The
Barack Obama administration is quietly in the process of rigging use
of the US Census of 2010, which deliberately counted millions of illegal
aliens, for the purpose of restructuring the apportionment of the US
House of Representatives. Accordingly, as candidates for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor of one of the negatively affected states (Montana),
Mr. Bob Fanning and I have joined with several others in becoming amici
curiae in a pending federal lawsuit brought by the State of Louisiana
against the US Secretary of Commerce, et al., which was filed January,
13, 2012 in the United States Supreme Court.

What
has happened is, the US Census Bureau erroneously claims that it “‘is
required by the U.S. Constitution count everyone living in this country,
regardless of immigration or citizenship status.’” Accordingly,
they have counted millions of illegal aliens in the 2010 Census and
are using those figures to apportion the US House of Representatives.
If this egregious misinterpretation of the US Constitution is allowed
to stand, five states (Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina,
and Ohio) will lose representation in the US Congress to which they
are lawfully entitled, while three states (California, Texas, and Florida)
will be awarded additional representation in the US Congress to which
they are not lawfully entitled. And, of course, this will also directly
impact the makeup of the Electoral College, which ultimately elects
the President of the United States.

Of
course, this manipulation of the 2010 US Census also impacts the election
of the US President, as those states that are granted more seats in
the US Congress are also granted more votes in the Electoral College
as the Electoral College is composed of a “Number of Electors,
equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the
State may be entitled in the Congress. . . .” (Article. II. Section.
I. Clause. 2. US Constitution). And, as everyone knows, under the US
Constitution, it is the Electoral College that ultimately elects the
President of the United States. Thus, the states of Louisiana, Missouri,
Montana, North Carolina, and Ohio, will be unjustly denied their lawful
votes in the Electoral College, while California, Texas, and Florida,
are being unjustly granted unlawful votes in the Electoral College.
Would it not be extraordinary if the margin by which President Obama
is re-elected in the Electoral College would be provided by the manipulation
of the census data under his control? Again, this would be an outrage!

In
essence, the Obama administration is rigging the US Census to steal
a congressional seat from the State of Montana. This rigging will keep
Montana from having a second congressional representative. If the illegals
in California, Texas, and Florida are not included, then Montana will
receive two congressional seats and four electoral votes. Under Obama’s
rigging plan, Montana will continue to have only one congressional seat
and three electoral votes.

Considering
the major media and even most “conservative” talking heads
have said virtually nothing about this monstrous misallocation of constitutional
government is just the latest example of how truly out of touch the
people who are entrusted to inform the American people really are.

The
plaintiff in this case is the State of Louisiana, which has now been
joined and supported by amici U.S. Border Control, U.S. Border Control
Foundation, U.S. Justice Foundation, Institute on the Constitution,
Gun Owners of America, Inc., Gun Owners Foundation, English First, English
First Foundation, Conservative Legal Defense and Education Fund, The
Lincoln Institute for Research and Education, Public Advocate of the
United States, Policy Analysis Center, Virginia Del. Bob Marshall, Oklahoma
Rep. Charles Key, Maryland Del. Don Dwyer, Washington Rep. Matt Shea,
Wyoming Sen. Kit Jennings, as well as Candidate for Governor of Montana,
Bob Fanning, and Candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Montana, Chuck
Baldwin.

Attorneys
filing this brief before the US Supreme Court are Herbert W. Titus,
William J. Olson, John S. Miles, Jeremiah L. Morgan (of the law firm
of William J. Olson, P.C. of Vienna, Virginia) and Gary G. Kreep (of
the U.S. Justice Foundation).

As
citizens of the State of Montana, and as candidates for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor of the State of Montana, Bob Fanning and I are outraged
at this unconstitutional manipulation of the 2010 US Census, and the
subsequent unconstitutional and unlawful misapportionment of the US
House of Representatives. We are further outraged that our own governor,
Brian Schweitzer (the incumbent Democrat governor who is term-limited
out of office after the completion of his current term) has done nothing
to prevent the people of the State of Montana from being denied the
rightful seating of an additional US House member from the Montana delegation
to Washington, D.C. He has not served as Montana’s watchman, to
make certain that our State is being treated fairly by the Obama administration.
Louisiana has been forced to go it alone, as the only State willing
to bring this challenge. By not joining the lawsuit against the Obama
administration, what Governor Schweitzer in essence is doing is allowing
illegal aliens to deny the due representation of the citizens of Montana
in Washington, D.C. This is an outrage!

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It
is a gross misinterpretation of the US Constitution to claim that the
US Census is supposed to “count everyone living in this country.”
Article. I. Section. I. Clause 3. as amended by Section. 2. of the 14th
Amendment authorizes “a targeted decennial census of the ‘respective
numbers’ of ‘the People’ of the several States, not
a wholesale count of the numbers of persons found ‘living’
in the United States.” The term “the People” is a
technical term used in the U.S. Constitution to refer to the polity,
that is, the people who constituted the government and who are legal
citizens of the nation. Only by such a tailored count can the constitutionally-authorized
decennial census serve the purpose for which that census has been required--the
apportionment of representation of the people of the several states
in the U.S. House of Representatives.

“It
is manifestly untrue that the decennial census ordained by the Constitution
is to be taken without regard to a person’s ‘immigration
or citizenship status.’ The decennial census is conducted for
the apportionment of representation in the House of Representatives,
the members of which are ‘chosen every second Year by the People
of the several States.’ (Article. I. Section. 2. Clause. 1. US
Constitution). The first sentence of the 14th Amendment establishes
a symbiotic relationship between a person’s United States citizenship
and that person’s State citizenship. Thus, whether a person is
part of ‘the People’ of a State is largely, if not exclusively,
dictated by a person’s ‘immigration or citizenship status.’
Any census that ignores that connection is fatally flawed.”

In
the afore-mentioned lawsuit, we are asking the US Supreme Court to preserve
the integrity of the US House of Representatives and Electoral College.

I
can tell you that the people who want to disassemble constitutional
government in this country are hoping that no one notices what the Obama
administration is doing to manipulate the 2010 US Census to unlawfully
reconstruct the US House of Representatives and Electoral College. Well,
I can tell you, Bob Fanning and I (along with the other amici curiae
supporting Louisiana in this lawsuit) are not going to let that happen!

I
will be holding a press conference to blow the whistle on what is taking
place to deny the people of the State of Montana (along with the people
of the states of Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, and Ohio) their
lawful representation in Washington, D.C. I am also using the influence
and outreach of this column to alert the American people as to how the
Obama administration is attempting to manipulate the US House of Representatives
and Electoral College.

It
is more than interesting also that the “anointed” establishment
neocon Republican Montana gubernatorial candidate, Rick Hill, has, himself,
not even bothered to alert the people of Montana to this travesty. Why
not? Rick is a career politician who once served in the US House of
Representatives from Montana. One would think he would want to protect
the people of the State of Montana from this outrage. But he has said
nothing! Plus, have you heard anything about this from any of the “conservative”
talking heads on FOX News? No you haven’t! Why not? Why is it
left to this column to alert you to this gross violation of constitutional
government?

Therefore,
I unashamedly appeal to readers to help Bob and I carry this fight to
preserve the integrity of the US House of Representative and the Electoral
College to the US Supreme Court. Please go to our
web site.

I
also highly encourage readers to visit the web site of the law firm
filing this brief. William J. Olson, Herbert Titus, et al., have been
at the front lines in helping to defend constitutional government for
longer than many of us have been alive.

Bill
Olson and Herb Titus have defended a sizeable number of patriot organizations
and individuals against federal usurpation for decades. I don’t
know of another law firm with the credentials and track record of fighting
for constitutional government, Second Amendment rights, and individual
liberty anywhere in the country than the law firm of William J. Olson,
P.C.

In
the meantime, each of us should be using our individual and collective
sphere of influence to trumpet this attempted travesty as loudly as
possible! I especially encourage readers in the states of Louisiana,
Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, and Ohio to demand of every elected
public office holder in their respective states to use every means possible
to defend the lawful rights of their states to proper representation
in the US House of Representatives and the Electoral College. The people
of America simply must not allow this flagrant manipulation of the 2010
US Census to take place! If the Obama administration gets by with this
now, think how the states’ representation in Congress will be
abused in the future.

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founded. He was the 2008 Presidential candidate for the Constitution Party.
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It is more than interesting
also that the “anointed” establishment neocon Republican Montana
gubernatorial candidate, Rick Hill, has, himself, not even bothered to
alert the people of Montana to this travesty.